FNUS75 KBYZ 311649
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...MONTANA NRCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1049 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1027 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CONDITIONS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE HOT WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY MID-AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD
EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
EXPECT ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH NEAR THESE STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING BUT
COVERAGE SHOULD ONLY BE ISOLATED. A COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
SITE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS. BRS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY
                    CLEAR OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM/SCHUKNECHT
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120731.SKIBS.01/BYZ